# calar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin chalāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kaˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calí, past participle calat)
* (transitive, archaic) to lower
* (transitive, nautical) to lower (sails, masts, ships, nets, etc.)
* (transitive) to soak, to drench
* (transitive) to insert, to fit together
* (transitive) to set, to light (a fire)
    calar foc a ― to set fire to
* (reflexive) to stall (of an engine: to stop suddenly)
* (transitive) to stall (to cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop)

#### Synonyms

* (lower): baixar
* (lower (sails)): arriar
* (soak): penetrar

#### Derived terms

* acalar
* cala
* calada
* calador
* calament
* calat
* calatge

### Further reading

* “calar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “calar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “calar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “calar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Cognate with Portuguese calar and Spanish callar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɑ.ˈlaɾ]

### Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calei, past participle calado)
* (intransitive) to shut up; to be silent
    Calen barbas e falen cartas. (idiom) ― Let the beards [people] be silent and the charters [deeds] speak.
** 1405, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 227:Et as ditas persoas et coengos respondendo ao dito testemoyo et requerimento que contra elles tomaron os ditos omes moradores en Çesuras et en Çonay sobre rason da dita carta do dito corregidor diseron que a dita carta era de obedesçer et non de conprir por moytas rasoes a primeira por quanto a dita carta foy gaanada calada a uerdade et espremida a falsidade por quanto o dito Garçia Sanches nunca deu tal sentença commo os ditos moradores de Çesuras et de Çonan disen nen se prouaria que y ouuese libelo posto nen pleito concluso nen dia asignado para dar sentença por lo qual a dita carta non era de conprir nen a dita sentença non aueria efecto.and said persons and canons, answering that testimony and requirement that against them gave said inhabitants of Cesuras and Zonán, on account of said magistrate's charter, said that the aforementioned charter was of obey but do not fulfil [non executive] for a number of reasons; the first one, because that deed was acquired by silencing the truth and expressing falsehood, because said García Sánchez never gave such a sentence as the inhabitants of Cesuras and Zonán say, nor it could be proven that there were a posted libel, nor a concluded lawsuit, nor a day assigned for giving the sentence, therefore that charter was non executive, nor said sentence could have any effect
* (nautical, transitive) to sink, submerge
* (nautical, transitive) to touch the bottom
* (transitive) to fathom; to probe

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* calado

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “calar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa.lar/, [ˈt͡ʃa.lar]

### Noun

calar (plural calar-calar)
* scratch
    Synonym: baret
    Kulitnya tertutupi oleh calar-calar kecil.Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.

#### Derived terms

* bercalar
* calar-balar
* mencalarkan
* pencalaran
* tercalar

### Further reading

* “calar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From calare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈlar/
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: ca‧làr

### Noun

calar m (invariable)
* setting (of a heavenly body)

#### Derived terms

* calar del sole (“sunset”)
* calar della luna (“moonset”)

### Further reading

* calar in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

### Anagrams

* Carla, Clara

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *calāre or *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

calar
* to shut up (prevent from speaking)

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ca‧lar

### Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calei, past participle calado)
* (pronominal) to shut up (to stop talking)
* (transitive) to shut up (to stop someone from talking or something from making noise)
    Synonym: silenciar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* calado
* calar a boca
* caluda

### Further reading

* “calar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “calar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “calar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “calar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “calar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “calar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈlaɾ/ [kaˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧lar

### Etymology 1

From cal (“lime”) +‎ -ar, from Latin calx.

#### Adjective

calar m or f (masculine and feminine plural calares)
* (relational) limestone, lime
    Synonym: calizo

#### Noun

calar m (plural calares)
* limestone quarry

##### Related terms

* calizo

### Etymology 2

From Latin chalāre (“to descend”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

#### Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calé, past participle calado)
* (of a liquid) to soak
    te cala hasta los huesosit soaks you to the bone
* to pierce with a sharp instrument
* (colloquial) to rumble, see through (to discover deceitful or underhanded behavior, hidden true motives or mindset)
* to catch on (become fashionable or popular)
* (reflexive, Spain) to stall (an engine)
* (reflexive) to put on (clothing)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

##### Derived terms

* calabobos
* caladero
* calar hondo

##### Related terms

* cala
* calado

### Further reading

* “calar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10